"Solitary Man" lyrics - ARCH/MATHEOS

ARCH/MATHEOS

"Solitary Man"

Searching for some truth within your lies
I see imminent betrayal in their eyes
Where insidious delusions spread like wild fire
The hunger so insatiable, intentions undeniable
The unbridled mind dying to define you

The assassin and his mercenary
Have you in their aim
Your strength to disengage
Only justifies their rage to the bottom

Coiled behind the charm and strangeness
How well I know your poison
Arsonist in this tinderbox, they live to play with fire
Conspiratus, eye to eye, mind to mind
Intuition knows in a fraction
Ends of forever, the beginning of never again

I don't want to bear your cross of affliction
Or carry this dying flame through relentless rain

Cross my heart and I hope to die
A vow of silence and forever close my eyes
Heart string symphony resonate to decay
The winds of change tears the pages away
So into the night I take to flight just like a night bird
Far away from the gilded tongues
The rumors, the chatter, and of all that has ever mattered
Let the sun go down on me
Now all I want to be is a solitary man
For the rest of my life I'll be a solitary man

And how I long for those dog days of summer
Mesmerizing tangerine skies far as the eyes can see
Lying in the tall grass sheltered away from the word, you and I
Curious dragonflies illusive as was love
The horizon kissed the sun goodbye
As the tides of broken dream pulled me beyond the shallows
Anomalies I've seen cannot dissolve from my memory

In a momentary lapse or reason
Where there's nothing to believe in no one came
I'm drowning in the mire of the uninspired killing words
And ill fated desires

Torn, I'm torn, torn between the truth and lies

Winter Ethereal (2019)